Shrewsbury was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, centred on the town of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...

 in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

.

It was founded in 1290 as parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

, returning two members to the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...

 from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

, its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP).

The parliamentary borough was abolished at with effect from the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

, and the name transferred to a new county constituency. It was abolished in 1983 and renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham

Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Shrewsbury and Atcham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

.

Famous MPs have included Sir Philip Sidney in 1572.

MPs 1290–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Grafton	Hugh Wigan
1388 (Feb)	Hugh Wigan	Robert Thornes
1388 (Sep)	Robert Grafton	Hugh Wigan
1390 (Jan)	Robert Grafton	Thomas Pride
1390 (Nov)
1391	Hugh Wigan	Thomas Pride
1393	Thomas Pride	Thomas Game
1394	Thomas Pride	Hugh Wigan
1395	Richard Aldescote	Roger Thornes
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Skinner	John Geoffrey
1397 (Sep)
1399	Nicholas Gerard	Thomas Berwick
1401
1402	Thomas Pride	Roger Thornes
1404 (Jan)	Thomas Pride	Simon Tour
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Perle	Robert Thornes
1407	Thomas Pride	John Scriven
1410	Robert Thornes	Roger Thornes
1411	Thomas Pride	John Whithiford
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	David Holbache	Urian St Pierre
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Pride	?
1414 (Nov)	Robert Horseley	William Horde
1415	William Horde	John Shotton
1416 (Mar)	William Horde	John Beget
1416 (Oct)	William Horde	Robert Horseley
1417	William Horde	David Holbache
1419	Roger Corbet	David Rathbone
1420	Robert Whitcombe	Richard Bentley
1421 (May)	Urian St Pierre	Robert Whitcombe
1421 (Dec)	William Horde	Robert Whitcombe
1510	Roger Thornes	Thomas Knight
1512	Thomas Kynaston	Thomas Trentham
1515	Sir Thomas Kynaston	Thomas Trentham
1523	Edmund Cole	Adam Mytton
1529	Robert Dudley alias Sutton	Adam Mytton
1536	Robert Dudley alias Sutton	Adam Mytton
1539	Nicholas Purcell	Robert Thornes
1542	Adam Mytton	Richard Mytton
1545	Nicholas Purcell	Edward Hosier
1547	Reginald Corbet	John Evans
1553 (Mar)	Nicholas Purcell	George Leigh
1553 (Oct)	Reginald Corbet	Nicholas Purcell
1554 (Apr)	Richard Mytton	Nicholas Purcell
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Mytton	George Leigh
1555	Reginald Corbet	Nicholas Purcell
1558	Nicholas Purcell	George Leigh
1558/9	Robert Ireland	George Leighe
1562/3	Robert Ireland	Richard Purcell
1571	George Leighe	Robert Ireland
1572 (Apr)	Richard Purcell	George Leighe, died and replaced Jan 1581 by Philip Sidney Philip Sidney Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age...
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Owen	Richard Barker
1586 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	Thomas Harris II
1588 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	Andrew Newport
1593	Reginald Scriven	Robert Wright
1597	Reginald Scriven	Roger Owen
1601 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	John Barker
1604	Richard Barker	Francis Tate Francis Tate Francis Tate was an English antiquary and politician, Member of Parliament for Northampton and Shrewsbury.-Life:He was born in 1560 at Gayton, the second son of Bartholomew Tate of Delapre, Northamptonshire, by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Francis Tanfield of Gayton...
1614	Lewis Prowde	Francis Berkley
1621	Sir Richard Newport Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport was an English peer, politician and royalist.He was the son of Sir Francis Newport and his wife Beatrix Lacon, daughter of Rowland Lacon. Newport was educated in Brasenose College, Oxford from 1604 to 1607 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...	Francis Berkley
1624	Francis Berkley	Thomas Owen Thomas Owen (MP) Thomas Owen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1626	Sir William Owen	Thomas Owen Thomas Owen (MP) Thomas Owen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1628	Sir William Owen	Thomas Owen Thomas Owen (MP) Thomas Owen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Francis Newport Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford PC , styled The Honourable between 1642 and 1651, was an English soldier, courtier and Whig politician.-Background:...	Thomas Owen Thomas Owen (MP) Thomas Owen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1640 (Nov)	Francis Newport Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford PC , styled The Honourable between 1642 and 1651, was an English soldier, courtier and Whig politician.-Background:...	William Spurstow William Spurstow (merchant) William Spurstow was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1645	Thomas Hunt	William Massam
1648	Thomas Hunt	William Massam
1653	Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Richard Cheshire	Humphrey Mackworth
1656	Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (MP) Sir Samuel Jones was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656 and 1660. Although a parliamentarian in the English Civil War he later became a strong Royalist....	Humphrey Mackworth
1658	William Jones	Humphrey Mackworth

MPs 1660–1885

Election			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1660	Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (MP) Sir Samuel Jones was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656 and 1660. Although a parliamentarian in the English Civil War he later became a strong Royalist....		Thomas Jones Thomas Jones (justice) Sir Thomas Jones KS was a British justice and law reporter. He was the second son of Edward Jones and his wife Mary, and was initially educated at Shrewsbury School before being admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as a pensioner on 9 May 1629...
		1661	Robert Leighton
		1677			Sir Richard Corbet
		1679	Edward Kynaston
		1685			Sir Francis Edwardes
		1689	Hon. Andrew Newport Andrew Newport Andrew Newport JP , styled The Honourable from 1642, was an English Tory politician, courtier and royalist.-Background:...	Tory
		1690			Richard Mytton
		1694			John Kynaston
		1698	Richard Mytton
		1709			Sir Edward Leighton
		Jan. 1710	Thomas Jones
		Oct. 1710 British general election, 1710 The British general election, 1710 produced a landslide victory for the Tory party in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell and the collapse of the previous Whig government lead by Godolphin and the Whig junto...	Edward Cressett		Richard Mytton
		1713 British general election, 1713 The British general election, 1713 produced further gains for the governing Tory party. Since 1710 Robert Harley had lead a government appointed after the downfall of the Whig junto, attempting to pursue a moderate and non-controversial policy, but had increasingly struggled to deal with the...			Thomas Jones
		1714			Corbet Kynaston
		Feb 1715 British general election, 1715 The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...	Thomas Jones
		Nov. 1715	Andrew Corbet
		1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...	Richard Lyster
		1723	Sir Richard Corbet		Orlando Bridgeman Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet was a British baronet and politician.Born in Blodwell in Shropshire, he was the oldest son of Sir John Bridgeman, 3rd Baronet and his wife Ursula, daughter of Roger Matthews. Bridgeman was educated at New College, Oxford and in 1713, he was called to the bar by...
		1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...	Richard Lyster		Sir John Astley Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet was a longtime British politician.The son of Sir Richard Astley, 1st Baronet and Henrietta Borlase, he was baptised in Patshull in Staffordshire on 24 January 1687. Already one year later, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy...
		1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...	William Kinaston		Sir Richard Corbet
		1749 by-election	Thomas Hill
		1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....			Robert More Robert More Sir Robert More was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1601.More was the eldest son of Sir George More of Loseley and his first wife Anne Poynings, daughter of Sir Adrian Poynings. He enterd Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1595 and was awarded BA in 1598. In 1600 he...
		1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...			Robert Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...	Tory
		1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Noel Hill Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick , was an English landowner and politician.-Background:Hill was the son of Thomas Hill and Susanna Maria Noel, and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1763, and a Master of Arts in 1766.-Political career:Hill sat...
		1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Sir Charlton Leighton	Tory
		March 8, 1775	William Pulteney	Whig
		March 17, 1775			John Corbet	Tory
		1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...			Sir Charlton Leighton	Tory
		1784 by-election			John Hill	Tory
		1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...			Walter Hill William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA was a British peer, politician and diplomatist.Born William Hill, he was the second son of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick and his wife, Anna, a maternal granddaughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus...	Tory
		1805 by-election	John Hill	Tory
		1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Henry Grey Bennet Henry Grey Bennet The Honourable Henry Grey Bennet , was a British politician.Bennet was the second of three sons and fourth of eight children of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, and his wife, Emma , daughter of banker Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet.He was educated at Eton College , served in the 1st Foot...	Whig
		1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Thomas Jones	Tory
		1811 by-election	Henry Grey Bennet Henry Grey Bennet The Honourable Henry Grey Bennet , was a British politician.Bennet was the second of three sons and fourth of eight children of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, and his wife, Emma , daughter of banker Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet.He was educated at Eton College , served in the 1st Foot...	Whig
		1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....			Sir Rowland Hill Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz GCB, GCH served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the Duke of Wellington. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1829.-Early career:Educated at a school in Chester, Hill was...	Tory
		1814 by-election			Richard Lyster	Tory
		1819 by-election			John Mytton John Mytton John Mytton was a notable British eccentric and Regency rake.- Family :John "Mad Jack" Mytton was born to a family of Shropshire squires with a lineage that stretched back some 500 years before his day...	Tory
		1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....			Panton Corbett Panton Corbett Panton Corbett was an English Tory politician from Shropshire.His family was a branch of the Norman Corbet family of Caus, who came to England with William the Conqueror and were granted extensive lands in Shropshire and the Welsh Marches...	Tory
		1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....	Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney was a British barrister and Whig politician from Shropshire. He sat in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury for most of the period from 1826 until his death in 1862....	Whig
		1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...			Richard Jenkins	Tory
		1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....			Sir John Hanmer John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer , known as Sir John Hanmer, Bt, between 1828 and 1872, was a British politician.-Background and education:...	Tory
		1834				Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...	John Cressett-Pelham	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....	Richard Jenkins	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney was a British barrister and Whig politician from Shropshire. He sat in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury for most of the period from 1826 until his death in 1862....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...	George Tomline	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. Starting from comparatively humble origins, he served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Edward Holmes Baldock Edward Holmes Baldock Edward Holmes Baldock was a British Conservative Party politician. He was doubtless the son of Edward Holmes Baldock , the prominent London dealer in French 18th-century furniture and reproductions....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney was a British barrister and Whig politician from Shropshire. He sat in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury for most of the period from 1826 until his death in 1862....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...			George Tomline	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney Robert Aglionby Slaney was a British barrister and Whig politician from Shropshire. He sat in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury for most of the period from 1826 until his death in 1862....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1862 by-election	Henry Robertson Henry Robertson Henry Robertson was a Scottish industrialist and Liberal Party politician.-Career:Robertson came to Wales to pursue his industrial interests...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	William James Clement William James Clement William James Clement was an English surgeon and a Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1870....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...			James Figgins James Figgins James Figgins was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.Figgins was the son of Vincent Figgins of Peckham Rye and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated by Dr Brown, of Esher and went into business as a type-founder. He was a J.P...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1870 by-election	Douglas Straight Douglas Straight Sir Douglas Straight was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament, judge and journalist.Straight was born in London and was educated at Harrow School....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Charles Cecil Cotes Charles Cecil Cotes Charles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Henry Robertson Henry Robertson Henry Robertson was a Scottish industrialist and Liberal Party politician.-Career:Robertson came to Wales to pursue his industrial interests...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	James Watson James Watson (MP) James Watson was an English merchant, dairy herdsman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...	Henry David Greene	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Sir Clement Lloyd Hill	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1913 by-election Shrewsbury by-election, 1913 The Shewsbury by-election, 1913 was a parliamentary by-election held in England in April 1913 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury in Shropshire....	George Butler Lloyd	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division

MPs 1918–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	George Butler Lloyd	Coalition Conservative
	1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Viscount Sandon Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby , known as Viscount Sandon from 1900 to 1956, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	Joseph Sunlight Joseph Sunlight Joseph Sunlight , was a Russian/ English architect whose energy amassed him a great fortune in Manchester and left at least one fine building in Sunlight House....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Viscount Sandon Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby , known as Viscount Sandon from 1900 to 1956, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	Arthur Duckworth Arthur Duckworth George Arthur Victor Duckworth , known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1929 general election...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Sir John Langford-Holt John Langford-Holt Sir John Anthony Langford-Holt was a British Conservative Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury from 1945 to 1983. Unlike most other members of Parliament, Sir John made it clear that he would never seek ministerial office and would refuse it he were offered such a post.He was born in Studdale,...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency) Shrewsbury and Atcham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons
  Unreformed House of Commons
  The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act 1832.Until the Act of Union of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Scotland and England , Scotland had its own Parliament, and the term refers to the House of Commons of England...